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First problem, the ship was only designed to accommodate 2 people on board, but 3 men had gone to sea on board on the evening of November 29, 2020. Then, the ship’s alarm was disconnected. Indeed, it presented an anomaly, ringing very regularly. The captain had therefore decided to disconnect it to avoid this noise inconvenience. Otherwise, the lifeboat was not usable. Furthermore, sailors were not equipped with life jackets, and the life jackets, if they had used them, were not in conformity anyway, and their use had not been explained by the skipper. Furthermore, if the oldest seafarer was indeed a professional seafarer and declared by the captain, his younger brother was not yet trained in the trade or even declared. Finally, the vessel was only authorized to fish within 5 nautical miles of the shore, yet it was located 10 miles nautical miles from the shore, then found more than 8 miles from Cap d’Agde, lying 56 meters deep.